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Towards a Critique of the Higher Education Industry
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Farin, Ingo, Towards a Critique of the Higher Education Industry, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, July 1-3 2013, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2091-2098. ISBN 9788461638222 (2013) [Non Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
While the technological-bureaucratic transformation of modern tertiary education has been gathering steam over the last two decades, critical responses to it have been hampered by a near total lack of a principled philosophical orientation and clear-sighted reflection on the essence of education and higher education in particular. By drawing on the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Castoriadis and Henry, I develop a philosophical argument against the current technological and bureaucratic en-framing and denaturing of Higher Education. Starting from Husserl, I offer a phenomenological sketch of the essence of education and tertiary education in particular. By applying Heidegger's critique of technology to the current Tertiary Education Industry, I show that there is a real danger that current trends undermine genuine or authentic Higher Education, which, in the words of Henry, may very well usher in a new "barbarism." In the last section of the paper I discuss possible ways to combat this potential self-destruction of Higher Education in our age.
Item Details
Item Type: | Non Refereed Conference Paper |
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Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education policy, sociology and philosophy |
Research Field: | History and philosophy of education |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
UTAS Author: | Farin, Ingo (Dr Ingo Farin) |
ID Code: | 85870 |
Year Published: | 2013 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2013-08-12 |
Last Modified: | 2014-02-26 |
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